I finally figured out how to get pictures on the web. Go me (I know, it's totally unimpressive, but I'm not so computer savvy). So for the rest of the Florida pics (and a few other random ones) you can click here
Pictures from the weekend to follow as soon as I get time to upload them. Probably Tuesday, since tomorrow I have class until 10:30pm :(
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Florida finally!
Okay, this is quite after the fact, but better late than never! Early December I went to Florida to finally meet Bryan's parents and see his home turf. We started off on a 4 day cruise, which was full of gluttony, but 10lbs later (7 of which are gone now) I had a great time. Here are just a few pictures. More in later days as time or boredom allows.
These have to be the coolest trees I have ever seen. They are banyan trees. According to the tour guide, one tree can eventually spread to cover four acres! It drops roots from the branches, and the tree behind us is just one tree. Amazing! This one is in Key West.
Dinner the final night, near Bryan's parents house. It's dark, but the restaurant is on some body of water (sorry, I have no idea if it was the ocean or a lake!). It was a seafood place, and the food was so yummy (even though I had pork).
Us on formal night on the cruise. Doesn't he look handsome in his "designer" suit? :) It's always fun to get dressed up.
Me enjoying a sip of Bryan's margarita in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico after taking a dip in the ocean. I still think it's so strange to swim in the ocean, since the Oregon ocean is 50 on a good day. Mexico was fun, but man the constant harassing of the shop owners gets old very quickly. NO, I don't want your ugly silver that is going to turn my skin green, nor do I want any pot.
View from the marina near where Bryan's parents used to live. Can you imagine having this within walking distance of your house?? This water was FULL of beautiful fish, and even two sting rays that we saw! There are also tons of pelicans, which I had never seen in person before. So cool!
These have to be the coolest trees I have ever seen. They are banyan trees. According to the tour guide, one tree can eventually spread to cover four acres! It drops roots from the branches, and the tree behind us is just one tree. Amazing! This one is in Key West.
Dinner the final night, near Bryan's parents house. It's dark, but the restaurant is on some body of water (sorry, I have no idea if it was the ocean or a lake!). It was a seafood place, and the food was so yummy (even though I had pork).
Us on formal night on the cruise. Doesn't he look handsome in his "designer" suit? :) It's always fun to get dressed up.
Me enjoying a sip of Bryan's margarita in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico after taking a dip in the ocean. I still think it's so strange to swim in the ocean, since the Oregon ocean is 50 on a good day. Mexico was fun, but man the constant harassing of the shop owners gets old very quickly. NO, I don't want your ugly silver that is going to turn my skin green, nor do I want any pot.
View from the marina near where Bryan's parents used to live. Can you imagine having this within walking distance of your house?? This water was FULL of beautiful fish, and even two sting rays that we saw! There are also tons of pelicans, which I had never seen in person before. So cool!
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Blogs are for bragging, right?
Or....blogs are for embarassing your boyfriend! So Christmas 2006 was the year of the robe. Bryan had always said how he wanted one, so my mom got one for him, and Bryan's sister Amy had one that was getting a bit tattered, so Bryan got her a new one. This made me realize that I needed a robe too :) Today I get a package in the mail (which is exciting in it's own regard). I thought it was the world-traveling package I had sent myself from Portland (which, BTW, was sent priority mail Dec 30th and still isn't here. Of the other 2 boxes, the other priority caught the forward, was sent back to Portland, and made it back to Rochester yesterday. The media mail package arrived today. Where is the 3rd box?)
Anyway, I digress. It turns out the package was from Bryan, and contained this awesome new robe that is SO soft. It is really a pale blue, even though this picture makes it look more teal. He also got me a new shower poof, and this duck. Now not only is this a cute duck, it's a bath sponge....AND the best part is that when you squeeze it it quacks 3 times. It's hilarious. We first saw it when we were baby shopping for Amy and Andy, and I was laughing so hard in Target. Now I have my own :) You better believe every morning Bri is going to hear my quacking duck in the shower! So this totally made my day, and is further evidence that I, in fact, have the best boyfriend that exists!
As a side-note, check out the shiny Rochester hair. I swear they changed my water supplier while I was gone! I have never had hair this shiny and frizz-free in my life, except for a vacation in North Carolina.
Anyway, I digress. It turns out the package was from Bryan, and contained this awesome new robe that is SO soft. It is really a pale blue, even though this picture makes it look more teal. He also got me a new shower poof, and this duck. Now not only is this a cute duck, it's a bath sponge....AND the best part is that when you squeeze it it quacks 3 times. It's hilarious. We first saw it when we were baby shopping for Amy and Andy, and I was laughing so hard in Target. Now I have my own :) You better believe every morning Bri is going to hear my quacking duck in the shower! So this totally made my day, and is further evidence that I, in fact, have the best boyfriend that exists!
As a side-note, check out the shiny Rochester hair. I swear they changed my water supplier while I was gone! I have never had hair this shiny and frizz-free in my life, except for a vacation in North Carolina.
Sunday, January 7, 2007
Rochester, take 2
So owning a house is a lot of work! Although Bri took great care of my house while I was gone, there were a million little projects to do when I got back. These may not seem like big things to those of you that have owned a house, but many of these were things that I would have previously said "dad, the railing is broken" and POOF! it would be magically fixed! Too bad things don't work like that out here :) So my completed tasks this weekend:
- fixed the railing to the basement
- replaced the brackets in the kitchen drawer that have been broken since I moved in
- nailed in all of the pieces of molding that keep falling off (because the previous owners didn't nail them down, they just set them there)
- replaced the themostat with a programmable one
- replaced about a million burned out lightbulbs, of course in all high up light fixtures, all of which needed different types of bulbs!
- added a lock to the attic door, which the cat kept pulling open
- and finally painted(and cleaned) my office...see below for proof :)
The office was this yucky purple. I've hated it since I moved in. I wanted to paint it some shade of blue.
Let's just say that this isn't quite the blue I had in mind.! It dried so much darker and greener than it was on the chip. It's growing on me though. Yes, it desperately needs a second coat of paint. But since my desk is NOT easy to move, I wsa painting around it and removing the painters tape as I went. By the time I realized it needed a second coat, all of the taping was gone, and I'm too tired and lazy to start over! Someday I'll get around to doing it. For now, it's tons better than the purple.
And a random picture taken the day before I left Rochester. It was just the beginning of fall here, and this tree was so beautiful that I had to stop and take a picture of it. Now everything is all bare. It has been insanely warm here though. Friday I went to the gym at 7pm, and my car thermometer said 58! Today was a bit colder (44 at noon), but most days have been sunny. You'd never know this was Rochester! Even my maple tree is confused....it's starting to bud. Let's just hope winter doesn't come, or that tree is in trouble!
Hugs to everyone back home. I miss you all, but take 2 is going much more smoothly than take 1 :)
- fixed the railing to the basement
- replaced the brackets in the kitchen drawer that have been broken since I moved in
- nailed in all of the pieces of molding that keep falling off (because the previous owners didn't nail them down, they just set them there)
- replaced the themostat with a programmable one
- replaced about a million burned out lightbulbs, of course in all high up light fixtures, all of which needed different types of bulbs!
- added a lock to the attic door, which the cat kept pulling open
- and finally painted(and cleaned) my office...see below for proof :)
The office was this yucky purple. I've hated it since I moved in. I wanted to paint it some shade of blue.
Let's just say that this isn't quite the blue I had in mind.! It dried so much darker and greener than it was on the chip. It's growing on me though. Yes, it desperately needs a second coat of paint. But since my desk is NOT easy to move, I wsa painting around it and removing the painters tape as I went. By the time I realized it needed a second coat, all of the taping was gone, and I'm too tired and lazy to start over! Someday I'll get around to doing it. For now, it's tons better than the purple.
And a random picture taken the day before I left Rochester. It was just the beginning of fall here, and this tree was so beautiful that I had to stop and take a picture of it. Now everything is all bare. It has been insanely warm here though. Friday I went to the gym at 7pm, and my car thermometer said 58! Today was a bit colder (44 at noon), but most days have been sunny. You'd never know this was Rochester! Even my maple tree is confused....it's starting to bud. Let's just hope winter doesn't come, or that tree is in trouble!
Hugs to everyone back home. I miss you all, but take 2 is going much more smoothly than take 1 :)
Saturday, January 6, 2007
Dad: After, and after after
I have a lot of blogging to catch up on, and will do so as time allows in between house projects. I know many of you were following the problems with my dad, so I thought you might like to see a few pictures. The first two are the day after the fall in the ICU, and the last one is Christmas Day. He was doing well by Thanksgiving, but I couldn't get the scanner to work at my parents house to scan in their cruise picture.
These pictures are still a bit scary to look at, but it's amazing how far he has come. He still has a few residual problems with backaches and associated rib trauma, but other than that he's doing well. The doc says it will be about a year before he's back to his pre-accident self.
These pictures are still a bit scary to look at, but it's amazing how far he has come. He still has a few residual problems with backaches and associated rib trauma, but other than that he's doing well. The doc says it will be about a year before he's back to his pre-accident self.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Back in Portland
It has been a long time since I have blogged. I guess life is less interesting here in Portland. Or I'm here with everyone who reads this, so there isn't much to update that you all don't already know! But in case you don't live in Portland, a few updates:
My dad is home, and has been for a week and a half I think. Although he still complains and makes comments that he's never going to get better, he is a million times better. Yesterday we got the all clear on the blood clots, which means he's done with the 2x a day shots in the belly. He was psyched about that! When pressed about how he is feeling, he does admit that he's feeling better every day. Healing just takes time, and he's impatient :) But really, it's a miracle how well he is doing.
Work at UR is crazy as usual, even from 3,000 miles away. I can't imagine 3 years of that drama, but you do what you have to do I guess. Work here is great, although ironically filled with the same type of work I do at UR (which we had never done at PRE before I left). But the people are great and it is really nice to be back at the place where I "grew up."
Fall is finally beginning here, and it's beautiful. I love the smell. It's rainy, but the weatherman promises sun for the weekend. That means it will rain. I hear that Rochester had SNOW last weekend. SNOW. In mid-October. Yikes. I hope that is not a sign of the winter to come.
Again, thank you all for the prayers for my dad, as they clearly worked.
~Tia
My dad is home, and has been for a week and a half I think. Although he still complains and makes comments that he's never going to get better, he is a million times better. Yesterday we got the all clear on the blood clots, which means he's done with the 2x a day shots in the belly. He was psyched about that! When pressed about how he is feeling, he does admit that he's feeling better every day. Healing just takes time, and he's impatient :) But really, it's a miracle how well he is doing.
Work at UR is crazy as usual, even from 3,000 miles away. I can't imagine 3 years of that drama, but you do what you have to do I guess. Work here is great, although ironically filled with the same type of work I do at UR (which we had never done at PRE before I left). But the people are great and it is really nice to be back at the place where I "grew up."
Fall is finally beginning here, and it's beautiful. I love the smell. It's rainy, but the weatherman promises sun for the weekend. That means it will rain. I hear that Rochester had SNOW last weekend. SNOW. In mid-October. Yikes. I hope that is not a sign of the winter to come.
Again, thank you all for the prayers for my dad, as they clearly worked.
~Tia
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